Labour Law's of Construction Industry

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Without labour nothing is possible in construction industry. Engineer Diary is proud to discuss about the labour law of construction industry in India 

In construction industry, normally the works are executed by labors engaged by contractor(s) / Sub-Contractor(s). The principal employer, contractor(s) as well as the Sub Contractor(s)  , they  are having certain duties and responsibilities under the applicable labor laws to them and liable jointly . Following list of minimum required compliances to be made by principal employer as well as contractor(s) are followed by list of act .

Below a list of some Act applicable to Construction Industry:

1. Workmen’s Compensation Act,1923 (now it is Employee Compensation Act)
2. Payment of Wages Act, 1936
3. Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.
4. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
5. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 ( in certain conditions)
6. Employees’ Provident Fund Act, 1952
7. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
8. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
9. Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
10. The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
11. Equal Remuneration Act. 1976.
12. Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
13. Inter-State Migrant Workers Act, 1979
14. Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996
15. Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996
16. Child Labour Act, 1996.

By Principal Employer:

1. Obtain Registration Certificate under Contract Labour Act and amend it time to time whenever there is a change; 
2. Obtain Registration Certificate under BOCW Act for its own employees and renew/ amend it from time to time. Also Register Beneficiaries under BOCW Act; 
3. Obtain Registration under Inter-state Migrant Labour Act, if applicable; 
4. Maintain register of contractors;
5. Maintain all the registers and records in respect of own employees (as listed above in list of registers and records to be maintained by Contractors);
6. Maintain minimum rates of wages to own employees;
7. Maintain minimum HRA at 5 % of Basic + DA;
8. Make compliance of EPF, PT, MLW etc. in respect of own employees;
9. Cover own employees sufficiently under Employees Compensation;
10. Ensure that the contractors pay as per minimum rates of wages;
11. Ensure that the contractors make proper compliance of EPF, PT, MLW etc.;
12. Ensure that the contractors have Cover the employees sufficiently under Employees Compensation;
13. Submit annual return under Contract Labour Act and also under BOCW Act;
14. Maintain Health register and certificate of Medical Examinations etc.;
15. Maintain Testing Certificates of lifting appliances and machines etc.;
16. Ensure formation of Safety Committee and its functioning, appointment of Safety officer, Safety and Health written policy- its approval, Safety & Health audit etc.;
17. Ensure that the employees at work wear safety shoes, helmets, safety belts etc. 

By contractor(s) / Sub Contractor (s):

1. Obtain License under Contract Labour Act if employees are above 20 on any day and renew/ amend it from time to time;
2. Obtain Registration Certificate under BOCW Act if employees are above 10 on any day and renew/ amend it from time to time. Also Register Beneficiaries under BOCW Act;
3. Obtain license under Inter-state Migrant Workmen Act, if applicable
4. Maintain the minimum rates of wages as applicable;
5. Maintain min. HRA at 5 % of Basic + DA;
6. Make the compliance of EPF&MP Act;
7. Make the compliance of Profession Tax;
8. Make the compliance of MLW Fund;
9. Cover the employees sufficiently under Employees Compensation.
10. Maintain muster roll, wage register, other registers, records, notices, forms etc. as required under various applicable Acts, abstracts of various applicable Acts.

Natural Fibre Rope

Hemp.

This tall plant is cultivated in many parts of the world and provides useful fibers for making rope and cloth.

Hemp was used extensively before the introduction of Manila, but its principal use today is in fittings, such as ratline, marline, and spun yarn. Since hemp absorbs much better than the hard fibers, these fittings are invariably tarred to make them more water resistant. Tarred hemp has about 80 percentage of the strength of un-tarred hemp. Of these tarred fittings, marline is the standard item of issue.

Coir and Cotton.

Coir rope is made from the fiber of coconut husks. It is a very elastic, rough rope about one-fourth the strength of hemp but light enough to float on water. Cotton makes a very smooth, white rope that withstands much bending and running. These two types of rope are not widely used in the military; however, cotton is used in some cases for very small lines.

Jute.

The glossy fiber of either of two East Indian plants of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and cheaper varieties of twine and rope.

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Know your Safety Helmet

How does safety helmet protect our head when we fall from height or objects fall on our head?

Safety helmet is intended to protect our head from injuries, caused by falling objects, fall from height or hitting our head against any hard surface. We must know how helmet works to protect our head from above mentioned causes.

Helmet works on simple principles of physics. When an object falls on our head or our head hits on a hard surface, a large force is applied on our head in a very short time. In physics, this phenomena is known as Impulse.

Hence Impulse = Force x Time

Force = Impulse / Time

Pressure = Force / Area

As area increases, effect of pressure reduces. Lastly the chin strap and nape strap plays a crucial role to keep the helmet in position, while we fall from height or during fall of object from height on our head.

As you know , from the above formula, if time increases force will reduce and impact of the hit or fall will be reduced. The anti-concussion tapes (helmet refill) inside the helmet increases the time over which the impulse acts. 

Hence the impact of the hit/fall on our head will be reduced. At the same time the outer rigid shell of the helmet, spreads the force to a larger area instead of allowing the object to hit at a point on our head. Hence the pressure exerted by force is reduced.

Pressure = Force / Area

As area increases, effect of pressure reduces. Lastly the chin strap and nape strap plays a crucial role to keep the helmet in position, while we fall from height or during fall of object from height on our head.

Hence,All the people whose are working at construction sites are advised to wear safety helmet.

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